Example Sentences

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Arguably it has emboldened them by enhancing their powers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Its popularity has emboldened the creators to apply their investigative lens more broadly, including with a planned series that will address a new unsolved mystery each week.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

Scrutiny over executive pay levels is intensifying as surging inflation hits household budgets and the US experiences wide-scale staffing shortages, which has emboldened many employees to push for higher wages.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

The government's engagement, however, has emboldened First Republic executives as they scramble to put together a deal that would avoid a takeover by U.S. regulators, one of the sources said.

From Reuters • Apr. 28, 2023

Israel's withdrawal from its security zone in southern   Lebanon in May 2000, however, has emboldened some Lebanese   Christians and Druze to demand that Syria withdraw its forces as   well.

From The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency